i did it!

13.1 miles! woohoo!
and I did it a little faster than I had anticipated ... 2:03.
I almost died when my iPod froze at 2.5 miles! It took about a mile and several tries to reset it. For me, the music is very motivating. I think my time would have been much slower had I not got my iPod working.
From about mile 6 - 9 were the most mentally challenging ... it's a long, straight stretch along the beach. But the last 2 miles were the most physically challenging! Right when I crossed the 12-mile marker, I got a tight cramp in my calf. I was planning to try to kick it up a notch for the last mile, but ended up hobble/jogging my way in. (I almost had to walk it in, but chose to push through the pain ... not something I'm usually very good at doing!)
Thank you to the Huggins family, the Bower family, and Tammy Johnsen for coming to cheer me on at the end! And thank you to my family (Gammy included) for cheering me on in several places along the way.
Congratulations to Steve Greig, Scott Johnson, Cheryl Hess, Jana McKee, Ramon Gupta, and Tony Davis for running!
Thank you to both Megan Robertson and Cathi Speake for both watching Daniel in the last few weeks so I could get some midweek, non-treadmill runs in! Thank you to so many of you for your encouragement!